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.THE 1.014D0N JOURNALS. DAILY EXTRACTS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS. JULY 8, 1826. [' wry .TINES.] We observe no answers given (though 'there , be much talk) to the observatiOne which we presented yesterdayon the official returns of the last year's and last quarter's re venues. The return of the last quarter particularly, there fore, we ate justified in saying, has been swelled inv.. petulance by unfair means, or casual wind-falls. A sen sibie evening paper banters hippily enough the idea of assuming heavy taxation as a criterion of affluence. How ever, it must be allowed that large tuxes easily paid are an evidence of public wealth:- but there are two, clauses in this proposition, and a Government which, by itself or it agents, should only prove large taxes to be paid, would do no more than go half way in proving public prospe . - toy. We turn now to the consideration of the in come and charge of. the Consolidated FUnd, having omitted that yesterday for want of time and room. — Any Minister who shall simplify and reduce to. clear intelligible 'order the public accounts of the revenue, will confer a real benefit on the coriutry. As they are now presented, there is not a merchant, in this " nation of merchants," who would • not discharge from his service as ; inefficient the book-keeper who executed his functions in so slovenly a manner. He might, per haps, be able to form a conjecture (we speak with diffi dence even on 'this point), whether he was growing richer or poorer, but to what extent, or . the exact place where " the shoe pinched;" it would baffle all his endeavours to ascertain. There would he no difficulty in a eonitlete reform in this respect, unless an intention exists to blind the people to their teal situation; fits supposing the Treasury Clerks to be abtiolittelpberiumbed in intellect by long adherence to a perplexed and vicious system, hundreds of merchants and hankers are to be found at a moment's notice, any one of whom, with half a dozen assistants, end with the labour of a single week, would prepare and present to the public at the close' of eta+ financial period, a " balance-sheet" which every child could comprehend, and to which .it would hardly be re quisite to annex the qualifying clause of " errors excepted." It is curious to remark how apt a coineidence there is in the affairs of those two great public bodies, the Bank And the Government. One presents no accounts at all.; the other accounts which no one can comprehend. By diffe rent ways both arrive at the same point. The machinery of the consolidated fund ist one of the great obstacles in the way of simplicity and order. It may be useful to keep up the distinction in the hooks at the Treasury or the Exchequer, but the stockholder does not require to be re minded, as each quarter revolves, that certain branches of income have been set apart as security for the regular payment of the dividends. lie knows, in fact, a much better thing—that the honour and resources of the nation generally are pledged for the fulfilment of the obligations entered into with him and that, if these fail him, all other security is a ni llity; while the public at large, mainly through the persisting in this absurd form, are precluded from a knowledge of their real situation.— Another defective arrangement is the placing on one side of the account monies actually received, and on the other monies to be paid, the very amount of which is a matter of uncertainty while the practice is, commer cially speaking, wholly irregular and inconvenient. These ere sins of commission ; but to prove that there ate others of omission equally flagrant, we need only advert to the present account, in which no notice is token of the pro ceeds of the last loan or funding, of the general account with the Bank, of the Exchequer bills in circulation; nor even, as distinct items, of the expenditure incurred for the army, navy, and ordnance, with other omissious too nit meroua to be recapitulated. But, to examine the official return, and to make the best we can of it, in the form which, by established usage, is adopted in presenting it to the public. What cruel mockery it is to assume a surplos on the Consolidated Fund of 1,bb3J82/., with• at stroke of the pen, there is taken from it immedh• afterwards' o' on account of the supplies: granted for the service of the years lts2s and 1t30," the larger sum of 2,082,4514, leaving, in feet, a deficiency of 199,233/. instead of a surplus on the consolidated fund for the current quarter! There is, however, one feature of novelty in the present retinal which it is incumbent on Ministers, or their satel lites, for them to explain. it has been the custom here tofore, to carry a portion only of the produce of the Cus toms to the credit of the Consolidated Fund. In sthe July quarter, for example, of 1825, the Customs produced 3,935,6411.; but no more' than 2,031,1071.—1e5s than the iiret Stiln by 1,004,5341.—was put down as imimue under that head. In the last return the Kraut* of the Crtst 'e was 3,708,82f9/., and the whole sum within 4,0001., i. e. 3,704,828/. is curled to the Consolidated Fund.. I low, are those departinente to be supplied, which forte branches 'of this public expenditure apart from the Con solidated Fend, and to which this. proportion of the Customs' duties has heretofore been devoted ? The increase in the amount, of deficiency hills, charged on the growing produce of the Consolidated Fund for the October quarter, is the sum befure stated as the balance against that fund, viz. 19t1,2331: and the total sum to be advanced by the Bank for the pay ment of the dividends is 6,638,020/. This formidable item, which, until clearer accounts are produced, must 1.4 assumed as the true Wilma , against the country, het increased 5,000,000/. within the last eighteen months, and the failure to reduce its amount now, by the application 'of part, at least, of the money produced by the laar loan, is sa disgraceful, raised it was flu the purpOse, altnriat wholly, of lessening the debt to theßank, that Ministers, we think,' are plaited in the dilemma of having been compelled by necessity to appropriate it to other purposes, or of having committed a direct breach of faith with We public.;--The exact sum paid in by the East India Company, for the duties those the Ist instant, was '78J,243/. Our statement relative to' this payment has been 'Much disputed, Some. denying the feet altogether, tuid others asserting, that it is no anticipation of revenue, because it is the proceeds of the duty from the March sale. Of the fact we no longer entertain any doubt, and we have some reasons to show that our infsrence front it was right also. The practice at thfi East India House is for the purchasers of ten at their sales to make the prompt, 4 e. the payment in tUll, two months afterwards; and the proceeds of the March sale would consequently be realized during May it the latest. ,As regards the Government, however, it has been thin custom to make . the duties on the March sale payable •on the 14th of July. The pay ment of those ditties, then, on the Ist is en anticipation of the revenue of another quarter.' This is all we have ever contemplated proving,—A correspondent has sent us a View of the Consolidated F'und, - which differs in some eipttrlti fionu our mini, bat which may aid in unravelling the intricacies of that aecount. The death of the Postmaster-General natura ll y pre , a f avour able opportunity for altering the adrainistmtio,:lobi the office, and introducing important improverne w i t hout casting blame on the conduct , or interfering iv n i t t s l; the prejudices, of any individual.' Nor are we Without hopes that !fl 'Majesty's Ministers will redress the coli plaints of tie mercantile body, and clan into effect the r.. (!- comm endations of the public, when they can tieetnnplish as popular object without opposing an existing influene, , , at.d wittiont materially diminishing their future patronage. We have frequently alluded to existing abuse& and pro ,. l eca d improvements, Avbieh i on the present occasion, 1111% deserve a more particular notice. The provision of foreign paacts, old the arrtingement of their periods of sidling, depend upon the administration of the Post-oflice ; and the mismaliAgernept connected with this part Orli& adtriillls - has been Oequent)y and justly tlie subject of coni plaint, The departure of a packet hats been often vapriciously delayed after its regular and appointed day of sailing had at , rived,andmereltants have thus been compelled to wnte three or f our L e tter 4, and to pay for three or fimr postages, when ender a different system oue would,_ have anbweregl the urpose. Add to this, that the vessels employed by the Post-office generally perform their voyages sluggishly, so that merchants who require expedition in the transmission of their correspondence often prefer private conveyance to the regular Government packets. No stronger proof of, this fact can be adduced than that we often receive intel ligence from Mexico, the Colombian Main, and Jamaica by way of New York,.: sooner than by direct Post-office eonriunication. It well known also, that the Guernsey and Jersey ships regularly beat the Brazil packets, and that consequently persons-who have connexions in those islands never dream of employing packet communication while they obtain an advantage over those who do. Even in our intercourse with Hamburgh, Rotterdam, and Ostend, the steam-boats sailing between London and these ports, regularly bring intelligence, often hours, and 'sometimes days, before the Government packets arrive. Nor is this all. The agents of the Post-office and Government packets are sometimes so pertinacious in the execiltion of a senseless and inconvenient regn latiion, that they defeat the very object for which they are appointed. A packet, for example, may be despatched or, a double destination-4o Brazil and Bue,nos-Ayres. In such cases they refuse to take letters for the former port; and we have recently heard of losses to the amount of .50,000/. arising from a refusal to allow letters for Rio de Janeiro to be put on board such a conveyance. It Would be superfluous to 'specify the e. 6 cuinstances under which this serious damage was incurred. It may only be stated, that by this refusal the correspon dents of the London merchants at Rio were prevented from hearing of the commercial crisis for six weeks after it ought to have come to their knowledge, and consequently, columned to draw on London, and to transmit goods, as if nothing had occurred to alter the state of trade between the two countries. Another grievance under this head deserves consideration, and calls for redress. Sometimes ships of war act as packets in conveying letters from dis tant ports. In such cases there could be no objection to pay the usual rate of packet postage if the ship of war observed packet regulations. But they often perform cir cuitous voyages, and yet charge for the letters as if the communication had been by the direct route. I»- deed, we are assured that nothing can be more vexa tions and annoying than the general mode of determining the postage of letters received, not only by ships, of war, but by the regular packets. Without any trouble of exa mination, or any appeal ton definite standard, the Post office charges double or triple the postage, and leaves the merchant to his remedy of recovering the extra demand, by a tedious and troublesome application to head-quarters. In such applications we have reasons for believing that the mercantile interest does not meet with that civility and prompt redress which might be expected from an establish ment,'the primary object of which is not so much public revenue, :as public convenience. We now come to the subject which, though it may appear to have reference to our own interests, is much more closely connected with those of the empire. Though something was done last year to facilitate the transmission of newspapers to the co lonies, still many improvements remain to be made both respecting their conveyance to our neighbours on the con tinent and thei expeditious distribution over the remote parts of this country. An thuive.minded Postmaster-Gene ral, devoting his entire faculties to the execution of his duties, and not looking upon his place as a sinecure, might do mere to reform abuses and to efect improvements than a whole Cabinet bent on other objects, or a dozen of par amentary commissions, with limited experience and im- _ . . perfect information. When we consider. the amazing pro gress which has been made within the lust 40 years in fa cilitating the means of internal and external communication, and when. we recollect that these improvements have been rather forced upon the officers of the Post-office than sug gested by them, we do not . despair of seeing ultimately carried into effect some of the-,beneficial alterations which we have suggested, even in spite of any Post-Master- General who may be. appointed ; but we are sensible how much more- speedily they might be effected with his cor dial consent or active co.operation. The gentleman who, during the incumbency. of the late noble sinew-twist, has possessed all. the premien:l. power of the otllee, will be un able to withstand the plans of a Oda possessed of talent and energy, who may add to his official authority, decision of character, anti the habits of .business.--Ibid. [THE MORNING HERALD.] A pettifogger is defined by Dr. Johnson to be'" a petty small-rate lawyer;" and in common parlance means one who is a diSgrace to his profession, and ought to be ba nished from it. In furtherance of this acceptation, the Courts profess to set their face against all finch persons, and there is a Society, to which we lately thew the at tention of our readers, whose avowed object is to cleanse the Augetui stable of the law of those low, wretched in terlopers. Now we know of no persons who come more literally and undeniably within the range of this deseription and its consequences than such as can be base enough to institute actions for no other purpOse than merely to put Costs into their own pockets. Of such persons the Press has, to its own cost, exhibited lately' one or two; and though we dare say the Society in question will not, for very obvious reasons, make them the . objects of its ani rnadVersion, we have as little doubt that their practices have not been lost upon our readers or the public in ge neral. Theie diabolical miscreants (for no tertn can be too strong to apply, to persons who thus prostitute their offices to the most base and sordid purposes) single out the Press as the inilch cow from'which they expect to drain a vile and hateful subsistence, principally because they know that they will receive an adventitious aid 'from those who can on such occasions show the innate hatred they entertain towards free discussion.— Those who belong to a profession itself full of abuse, de test the instrument which is constantly Making known tho , o abuses to the world; and a pettifogger is no longer such in the eyes of those whose private malice mid hatred he the means of gratifying. Fortunately the Press is in the hands of those who cannot be crashed, however they may be injured, by elfortS of, this deseription; and, fortunately Juries. are every day. learning that both liberty and property are in their keeping. Of this sacred guar dianship many Juries have lately given ample.proof that they know and feel the value and importance ; but the triumph will never be completely' effected till they show these pettifoggers that their actions. are not worth so much as " a farthing," and until' these contests for costs are thrown upon their instigators. That the Court should be oeopied in such trumpery actions isc a sad waste of valuable tithe a and that attorneys should be found to be principals, and only anxious to obtain a living for them.; selVes by such vile pursuits, is a disgr;tce to their calling; but the subject becomes of Much more importance when at tplupts are thus Made to break down and subdue the great ' buiWarit a public liberty at the shrine of a rapacious crew, who would jus,t rodily set fire to the town, could they, in the tumult, contrive to pososa them Selves of an ample share of the plunder. tißlTtSti PRESs.] The, hustle of the elections having now subsided, curio sity secins to be direeted Om steadily to foreign objecti,; and the almost forgotten subject of arecce occupies once more a little of the public attention. Lord Cochrane'p i , tting otit fiir tin. Mediterranean, and the formidable e re, potations which have been nude to rendiT his servßes effectu a l in fuvoitr of the Greeks, have qiven LIIIOW imjnilsE .10 the hopes of the well.wiahery of this great cause, at a moment ‘ll . litit it seen - wd to be sunk in Irretrioilible cat lt.- nifty. As to the. point on which Lord Cochrane is likely , to . direct his attack~, it is' scarcely possible to say ail ti ' llt g Priaanli and it. is probably not yet fixed even in his awn nl , lO, An attack on Alexandria has 'been men tioned, as won as a (1,,, t4t , nt , on c, , rete; but his Lord , hil' will be guided, in all probability, by eiretnstancr: wi k ieh 'l f 4 ' "n't in this country be impposed to be aware, though WP are eettainly 1111!thled to tbink that Ins expedition is not of it random nature, kt - c hav e freituently taken occasion on thiS subject , to. point out the policy of an attack upon Lopt, as the best method of assisting Greece, in case this country should feel itself called upon to take a part in the contest. The same rea soning will, in some measure, apply in the case of Lord Cochrane's expedition. His Lordship has an opportunity, by an attack upon Egypt, of saving two Christian Nations by a single effort; for such un attack would recall the Egyptian troops from Greece, and would, at least, be the means o f p rocur ing more favourable laws for the Copts, With regard to comnn•ree and the internal regulations of the country. As to the ability of Lord Cochrane to ac complish these objects, there caunot be two opinions. The countries on which he has to operate are countries peculiarly liable to atta i ck from a naval force. We can scarcely venture to hope for an exrdition from the Red Sea, on the part of the East India Company; but we cannot but suggest the propriety of a scheme so evidently practicable in itself, so important to the interests of our Indian - commerce,. which cannot subsist for any length of time if a hostile power should gain possession of Egypt,, and so just, both on account of the assistance which' would thus be given to the Greeks snd on ac count of the ptinishment which might be thus inflicted upon the Pacha for the unwarrantable 'restrictions which he has iMposed upon commerce. The Nile, ut all events, will afford Lord Cochrane an optiortunity, by his gun boats, of carrying the war into the Interior of the country, even without such assistance. On the other hand, ,if he should direct his attention to the Islands, it is obvions that his services would be of the highest importance; and still more 'so, if he were : to attack the Morea itself. All these countries afford immense facilities for the combined opera - - tion of land and sea forces—a chapter,inthe art of War which has hitherto been left almost blank, although capable of leading to residts of the most brilliant description. Pitt had an idea of this - species of warfare, as appears from his original method of conducting the war by descentS, withu view to keeplarge bodies oftroops iu theOrrisons on the coast. This succeeded to a certain extent; but a country like France, the coasts of which are comparatively of little ex tent, can never be seriously injured by mere descents, with out gaining a permanent footing: A narrow country like Greece can be as. effectually occupied (if we may be allow ed so to express onrselyes) by a fleet, with a body of ma rines on board, as it could be by a large army. 'Such a force, in the vicinity of 'a district without fortresses, by effecting a landing, which they might protect by a field fortification, could prevent supplies of provisions —could cut off detachments—and could unite large forces unex pectedly upon points which would give them decisive advantages over the enemy. They co* maintain for tresses in spite of all the efforts of a landliorce, by direct ing cross fires against the besiegers, and throwing in sup plies of provisions. In short, such a scheme of warfare would prove that Pompey did not mistake, when he as serted that the master of the Grecian seas would also be master of the land. That great General baffled and defeated his skilful antagonist at Dyrrachimn solely by the assistance of his ships, which took in flank the line of circumvallation that Caesar had drawn round him, and favoured the irruption of legions from the spot in tvhich they had been . enclosed.. The fault which led to the defeat - ut Pharsalia was Pompey's impolitic quit ting of the coast of Epirus, in order to form a junction with Scipio. in Thessaly. We have heard some persons even hint at the probability of an attack on Constanti nople itself. That would certainly be the most brilliant object; and if what is reported of the armament which has been fitting out be true, we could scarcely despair of his Lordship's acCOMpliihing it; but we doubt whether it would be the' most advisable scheme, either in point of facility or of efficacy. The result of the whole, however, is merely this—that : Lord Cochrane has the means of doing great things, and we doubt not that he has .both will and power to accomplish any thing which may be proposed. If he should confine himself to the mere pre vention of - farther reinforcements to the Egyptians from their own country, his services, even in that limited sphere, would be of the utmost importance ; but we hope that he will find himself in a situation to engage in more effective service, and we have good reason to expect that he will do so. - • had to come out of a fund, but ody their ordinary costs when from the parties. After a good many more obser vations at the bar to a similar effect to .-what we have already stated. The Lord Chancellor , ordered the case to stand over till Tuesday next, and that then the Registrar might be pre pared to inform the Court what the rule was, as to paying trustees in all cases. His Lordship hud thought the rule was, that trustees when brought here, in such cases, were entitled to all their expenses ; if it were not so, those who took his advice would never accept of a trust. Mr. Hart observed that no sensible men did. His Lordship considered it highly necessary that the public Should distinctly know the rule of treatment to wards trustees. - As to the Bishops—they had a right to have presented to the living, the moment the former elec tion was declared void; it was entirely owing to their own good nature that they did not, and yet the parties now re fused to pay them their expences. The Court did not be lieve they would care a farthing about the costs they .had been to, as they could not amount to much, but it certainly was not a handsome thing to have made this objection ; however, his Lordship would dispose of the "Bishops with the trustees on Tuesday. [TIM R EPRnMENTATIVP.] Letters from St. Petersbilrgh inform UR that there i, nuch discontent prevailing in some circles of that city vith respect to the manner in which the High Court for tying the conspirators is composed, and we perceive that the Courier Francais of .the.Sth is in some degree of the same opinion as the St. Petersburgli radiealc. It is ob jected, it appears, to the Court•instituted 4 ) , the Emperor Nicholas, that it is too numerous, and has the misfortune of containing Ain - mat all the persons who, from rank, legal knowledge, or official situation, throughout the empire, are deemed fit for such a duty.: If this,be the only com plaint that ran be made agOnst the Tribunal, we think both Judges and accused very happy ; the former in being exposed to calumny not more vehement, and the latter in being assured of a Tribunal against which the only accu sation tenable is the number of honourable men of which it consists. But it is in vain to conceal that there are many persons in Russia who are discontented with the present Government. Some—very few however—are bitten by the Jacobin madness, and wish for an effort to make the Russian boors as sanguinary against the Nobles as were the canailk of Paris, in the days of the Reign of Terror. But there are no materials for this class of politicians in Russia, nor does there appear any likelihood of any such existing for a hundred years to come. The army, however, which is large—perhaps far too large for the necessity of the State, - is in general anxious for employment, and grieved that the pacific policy of the Emperor keeps them from the " tented field,"---4,m1 the Clergy fe e l afflicted that war is not immediately waged against: the Turks, for their great obstinacy in acknow ledging Mahomet as iPprophet. In short there are causes of vexation in abundance*xisting in Russia ; and however' absurd they may bei the conspirators who made their feeble stand against the Emperor on the day of hia,proelainatian, have excited a great degree of interest. We have no doubt every thing will be carried: on with as Much justice as possible„ but the Emperor must have a strict eye on the party which instigated the conspirators. There are elements of discontent in Rulisia that do not require many months to become very troublesome, LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, JULY 7. COLEMAN-STREET CHURCH. FANLE. PRA TT AND OTDEILS. 'Mr. Shadwell appeared for Mr. Pratt, who WAS the suc cessful party on both o i cas i on s. Two bills were filed, the original bill by Mr. Payle, and the cross bill by Mr. Pratt. The lAA. Cheocellor declared the first election, by ballot, illegal and void; and then followed the second election, by poll. Mr. Shadwell now proposed that the Plaintiff in the original cause should pay his own costs, and all the costs of the Trustees and Clerical Defendants in that cause; and that Mr. Pratte should do the same in his cross cause. Mr. Solicitor-Oeneral claimed costs for the Bishops, for whont . ha , appeared,.as between solicitor and client, on all costs, charges, and expellees.' Mr. Hart did the smile on the part of the trustees, Mr, Su to was Counsel for Mr, Fayle, who had really fall'od ; !Indus belied occasion to know that an un. sacce,uod candidate did not like to pay more than he could help, he objected to the (034{6 being paid by_ his client, of did, and that therefore between solicitor u so:i i c e i l t i or ae aZ o t w li i e e l dg it. ed he His Lordship believed Mr, Stirlen knew more of .ths feeling he' had been alluding to than be did, he spoke from experience tied feelingly. Indeed, he thought his client ouglit to have the costs of the suit in which he was plaintiff, because hehad succeuded in set ting aside the eleetion •whieb was the, object of th e bill ; at any rate, he stro ng l y o bj ec ted to the trustees, an d t h e Bishops ofLondo n and Canterbury, having th e i r costs, as prayed, the cents beitig to be paid by the parties, and not out of the fund. The p ri i r , t i ce he took to b e , that trustees were rid their costs, charges, and expenees when ~they INSOLVENT DEBTORS COURT, JULY 7. Walter Burroughs was opposed by Mr. HRATti, on behalf of a creditor named Dare. Mr. Coox was engaged by the insol vent. —Case adjourned till Tuesday. ADMIRALTY COURT, JULY 7. .1 IT 81LUE......5A INA GE, In this case the vessel had sunk near Whitstable, with a cargo of brandy on board to a considerable value. The owners, after trying various expedients to . railie.her, or to recover some of the cargo, which they continued ..for about a year without success, finally abandoned the attempt. The claimants, of the name of -Bell, who have contrived some ingenious machinery for raising 'sunken vessels, offered to make a trial upon this ut their own risk ; and they ultimately succeeded, after incurring considerable expense, and without any aid whatever from the owners, in re covering a large quantity of the cargo, amounting : to the value of 14,0001., including some casks chance-found by some fishee men, • but probably flouted by means of the machinery of Messrs. Bell. The question for the Court to decide was, the amount of salvage to which they were entitled. _ _ _ Lord STOWELL, after speaking in terms of high approbation of the ingenious and persevering exertions of the salvors, which be thought entitled them to the largest apportionment the Court ever gave, directed that they should receive 9,0001., and all the expenses they had incurred. The salvors expressed themselves well satisfied with this award, and agreed to pay, out of this sum, to the chance-finders, one fifth of the property saved by the latter. Dr. Jasst: ADAMS thought that there would be nothing left for the owners. Lord STownt..—They will have as much as they deserve. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL—John Shielar, a 'middle-aged man, was brought up for re-examination yesterday, before Mr. Alderman Worm, charged with having returned from New South Wales, to which he was transported for the term of his natural life, he hay ing no lawful cause or excuse. • The witnesses examined were John Crawley, the steward, and George Gregory, the carpenter, of the ship Harvey, Captain Peach. The former stated, that the prisoner came on board about two months before the vessel left New South Wales, and was em ployed in his business as a carpenter and joiner during that time, having a ticket of freedom to go to any part of the colony, and enjoy the whole fruits of his labour. Just before the Harvey sailed, the prisoner was concealed in the gun-room by the officers, and although the Police overhauled the vessel, his hiding-place was not discovered. fills were posted all over Sydney, offering two hundred dollars for his apprehension. When the Harvey reached Monte Video the prisoner left her, and came to England in a vessel which .had the credit of being a faster-sailing ship. On Monday evening lie met the prisoner in Fleet-street, awl followed him round Fleet-market and Holborn, to a public-house in Fetter lane, where he gave him into custody. ' Herbert, one of the day police, who Beare:hod the prisoner, produced a sat of •bills of exchange, drawn by the Government at New Mouth Wales, fur 2281. upon the Treasury at home in favour of one John laliain, and ibrty-four sovereigns, which he hi:41010W upon him. Gregory identified the prisoner as the man for whose appre hension a reward was altered at Sydney, The prisoner ,had had his ticket of leave for some years,. and kept a house at Sydney, which he sold for 900/. just before he escaped. Mr. Alderman WOOD asked the prisoner what his real name was? The prisoner said his name was not Ellison, as might be sup posed, upon referring to the bill of exchange ; tsar was it James King, the name he gave at the Compter: Gregory said he famed by the name of James Miller in the ship. The, prisoner also observed that that was not his name, but he declined giving the Alderman the, information he required. Mr. Stafford begged that the prisoner might be remanded for a few days, to give time to make inquiries. Mr. Alderman Wool) called upon the prisoner to produce his pardon or any othsr reason for being at large in this country, as suring him that h&iiiould be disappointed it' he believed that by remaining mute as to who he was, he would elude detection. He might delay it, as at present they did not know at what pe riod or in what part of the country he was convicted, and the inquiry would therefore be tedious, but he would ultimately be discovered to a certainty. Mr. Humphreys, said the prisoner could not assist them in the inquiry, because he denied the charge altogether. The prisoner was then remanded for eight days. The Alder man ordered eight of the sovereigns to be placed at hit disposal. BOW-STREET.—Yesterday Mr. Anderson, a gentleman, re siding in Portland-plate, . came to this office, anti stated to Sir R. Birnie that a very ingenious robbery had been committed upon hint. On Tuesday, Mr. Anderson having gone out alone early, Mrs. Anderson and the children went in their carriage for an airing round the Regent', Park. Not long after a man knocked at the door, and asked if Mr. Anderson was at home. Being answered in the negative, he said it was unlucky, as he wanted to have - got from him the address of his brother, Colonel Anderson. " Perhaps," continued he, " Mrs. Anderson is at home, and she can inform mad' The servant told him that she also was out, and he then expressed a wish to write a note, and was shown into a room for that purpose, and the servant left hi m for a few momenta to procure writing materials. On her return he said he had altered his mind—that it was hardly worth while to write, and that he would c a ll aga i n . Af ter his departure it was dis covered .that he had tak en w i t h hi m a chain and seals, and other jewellery, to the value of about 30/., which Mrs. Anderson had left on a table in the room. . Sir B. 131tritit assured him that no exertions should be want ing to bring the depredator to justice. --- A wood between Heckford and. Basingstoke, be longing to W. R. Mellish, E sq , w as last week set on fire by some incendiaries, and was not got under till a number of workmen had cut down a sufficient part to check further communication. It was discovered by one of the westent stage-coachmen. SIIIP LAUNCll.—Wednesday the Thomas King, a superb vessel, built by Messrs. Curling and Jones, was launched from their dock-yards in grand style. A most numerous assemblage of ladies and gentlemen witnessed the interesting spectacle, which was after wards celebrated by a dinner, given upon the occasion by the builders to the workmen and others who were en gaged in completing the stupendous work. NEw M MACHINE FOR HARD LABOUR.--.A very denominated a hand crank ma simple but ingenious piece of mechanism has been p u t invented' by Mr. Wm. Hasa, of d i m e ; it turns with a heavy wheel like a chaff -cutter, and has two handles ; a force pump is concealed, into which a pail of ,water being put, the turning this ma -I.4Paxtt r p th , iB M P lst i t - c:11c, ma chine pumps it out of one barrel into another and b ac k aga in ad infinitum, and without waste. An index is attached, by which the Governor can tell the number of revolutions the wheel perfo rm s in a given time ;, it can nlso be made hard labour for four persons, or it may be turned with ease by a lad.—Chebnyord Chronicle. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. LONDON DIARY, THUSIDAY, JULY IS. (At th. Court of Commissioners.) S. Brown and. T. H. Scott, St. Mary-at-Hill, at 12. S. Williams, Fitzroy-square, at 12. COUNTRY DIARY, THURSDAY, JULY 13. J. Bouthee, Wisbeeb, St. Peters, Cambridge, at the Ruse aui Crown, Wisbecb, at 9. D. and N. Lloyd, Uley, Gloucester, at the Old Bell, Duraley, at 10. J. Orton, Moretonhampstetd, Devon, at the king John Tavern, _ _ Exeter, at 11. - T. Fisher and T. Ashmore, Cheltenham, at Messrs. Preen anti, Col's Office, Cheltenham, at 1 / 1 . Rigby, Marriner, and Wright, Liverpool, at Mr. Brooke's Offic.t.'i Liverpool, at S. A. Marmion and R. Carr, Preston, at Mr. Finlove'. Office, Harrington, at I. PETITIONS OF INSOLVENT DEBTORS. ' To be heard in Portugal-street, LoNnom; MONDAY, the 11th. J. Daniel, Perry-street, Somers Tow*, Middlesex, baker. G. Tolfree, jun., Catherine -street, City-road, excise-officer. H. Auchiou, Poland-street, Oxford-street, jeweller. C. Smith, Devonport, Devonshire, milliner. W. Farden, New North-street, Red Lion-square, tailor. J. Smith, Devonport, Devon, milliner. T. Wostenholme, Noble -street, Cheapside, commission agent. J. Edwards, Giltspur-street, London, dealer in hardware. J. Edwards, Throgrnorton-street, London, stock-broker. W. Mall, Cross-street, Portsea, Hants, 'cabinet-maker. IN THE COUNTRY. I.A.NC ASTIR.. —At the Court-House, next FRIDAY. J. Cravalusw, Manchester, thread-maker. - T. Foloy, Manchester, green-grocer. . G. Gla-sbrook, Wigan, Lancaster, publican. T. Green, Lancaster, provision shopkeeper. W. Holmes, Chorlton-row, Manchester, retail-brewer. R: Hutton, Manchester, Lancaster, straw bonnet-manufacturer. I'. Horrocks, Chorlton-row, Ilanchestar, shoemaker. D. Jones, Chorlton-row, Manchester, provision -shopkeeper. J. Occleston, the younger, Salford, Manchester, loom-maker. S. Ogden, Manchester, bat-manufacturer. S. Willan, Lancaster, shoemaker. G. William., Manchester, trimming cord-manufacturer. T. Robinson, Downbam, Clitheroe, Lancaster, husbandman. R. Robinson, Clitheroe, Lancaster, spinster. M. Robinson. Pendleton, Clitheroe, Lancaster, farmer. S. Wilson, Denton, Ashton-under-Line, Lancaster, hatter. W. Radcliffe, Manchester, tin-plate-worker. W. Conklin, Manchester, cordwainer. T. Cunliffe, Chorlton-row, Manchester, provision-dealer. J. Morgan, Manchester, cotton-spinner. J. Bottomley, Manchester, fustian-cutter. J. Cavanagh, Manchester, cotton-manufacturer. J. Daniel, Manchester, joiner. W. Wyke, Preston, Lancaster, butcher. T. Edgar, Wrightington, Wigan, Lancaster, farmer. L. Charlton, Manchester, joiner. W. Monk, Croston, Chorley, licensed hawker. W. Sharpies, Blackburn, Lancaster, grocer. R. Kean, Salford, Manchester, tailor. J. Harwood, Blackburn, Lancaster, weaver. LONDON MARKETS. • (From the London New Price Current of Friday). Carron.--The sales of Cotton this week are limited to about 200 bags, of which, the greater proportion are Surat*, 41 t 4 51d, and a few Egyptian, duty paid, at '7d. The accounts from Liverpool and Manchester are very 0 11 -• Favourable; at the former, Cottons were heavy, Brasil and Egyr tiara lower; at the latter, the demand for the manufactures run-, firms very limited. SUGAIL—The Sugar market has been very heavy this week, but yesterday there was some appearance of a revival in the mile; the inferior descriptions must be quoted 6d to Is per cwt lower. At the close of the market to-day, the sale* during the week . were estimated at 3,000 hbds: the Sugars front fttie upwards are rather higher; the low brown from 60s a 63s at a small re duction. • In refined goods there have been no purchasers for expo , rt *inn: the reduction of the bounty ; Lumps are nominally about 70' The grocers purchased Refined only for their immediate wants. In Foreign Sugars there is no alteration. Correa,.—The public sales of Coffee this week have gone' 01 very heavy all descriptions of British Plantation are g,. lower ; Foreign at the reduction of Is per ewt ; good ordinary St. Do. mingo, 465; fine ordinary, 47e. . The Coffee market is more firm to-day : 316 bags St. Domingo, damaged, sold 45s and 46s ; 197 casks 65 bags British Plantatia went off freely at full prices. SflCES.—Spices continue very dull : Pepper, light, 4d a 4J; Pimento, 9id a 10d. A The Pimento sold higher to-d a y : 181 bags were brought for ulard at public sale ; good sold 101 d and 100. • TOBACCO.--There are no purchases' of Tobacco worth re' porting. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE OF BRITISH CORN, (WHICII GOVERNS IMPORTATION.) For the Week ended July I, ISM, made up from the Returns of the in- Spector, in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales. Wheat..,—,.--Nia. lid. I Oats Eid. Rye 3t3s. gd. I PeA5P.......0..• 39A Rd: PRICE OF SUGAR. Average Price of Brown or Museovado Sugar, computed from tit , Returns made in the week ending the sth day of July, 182 C, is 3(. Na• per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Custonui paid or payable thereon 0! , the importation thereof into Great Britain. WHITECHA.PEL HA 70s. 00. to 96d. (kl. Clover .Y MARKET.—JuLv 7. a i SOL Od. to 40.5. _ Ho: (Per Cwt.. Jute 7. is. ckets. Kent 111. Its. Po IV. to 1:11. Oa. Kent Blat . Ms. to IV!. CP, Sussex 111, Os. 111. I Is. to 121. Os. Sussex 101. Os. to 111 . Essex 111. Os. IYI. OS. to 121. 12s. Essex 101. Us. to 111. 1 ,,w Farnham, flue (Pockets) 151 . Oa. to 1, 1. Os.—Seconds, 121. Os. to 14 1 . "" Old Duty laid at 1 1 35,0001. PRICE OF PoTAro—E.—JuLv 7. New potatoes 5111. Oct. to 7s. per Cwt. PRICF.:B OF LEATHER. a Per lh. d. d. Per lb. d. Butts to 19 to 20 I Tanned Horse Hides 1 9 1° ,ig Di tto to ti to 13( Spanish Ditto 12 I ‘' Dressing Hides 14 to 15 Per dozen. Cr rin e Coach 35 Hides 1.5 to 19 Calf Ski ns 36 to 401 b. 16 to 1 , 1 1 1 to 401 b. 14 to 15 Ditto 50 to 'Ob. 14 4o to 501 b. 11 t o 14 Ditto 70 to dOlb. Yi •" 14 to 18 Small Seals, Greenland Per Stone. s. d. R A s. d W . HIDES. I Per Stone. Best Heifers and Steers 9 6 to It 9 Ordinary 3to 8 4 Market Calf *MI a. tip ' I 10 tO 7 0 gs!!!! SHEEP SKIN& Od. to Or. Lainbs......ls. 21 to Is. 1111. Shearliags PRICE OF TALL6V;i, SOAP:I/CT per 1121h.—Jos 7 14' Town Tallow 375. Od. to Us, Od. Yellow g" Od Yellow Russia Mts. ed. to Os. ed. Mottled White Or. Od. to Or. Od. Cu m Soap Ditto Os. Od. to Os. Od. Graves itt Melting Stuff 255. Od. to Os. Od. Good Ditto Rough 18s. Od. to Os. Ott. per stone iliow Melte df Blb. tto: :$. • shop, is as folio ,( „f b ,l,l. ler dozen CA NDLE; io the retail Moulds, r AItKET.-Juv 7. I. Hartle/ 4 0 0 StoneGoalehrioll „„ 0 W. E. ColdEtbak i i,s Welch Coal - 6 Lyon's Maul 9 Netball . ' Walls n d Iletton E , Wells End 1-Yo n a 3 / it W. E. Larobton W. E. Stewart 's 3 ' fletton's, 11 wall. End --.1;nt0141, f3;‘, • PRICE OF RAW FAT, Price by 'fallow (as stated by the Tel PRICE OF The price of good Store Candles, ii Candles, per dozen 'is. Gd. to Bs. Gd. s. d. 8eaum0nt..,..,,...., 26 0 Dean's Primrose 30 6 Eighton 2d 0 Felling Main ....TB 6 Ifebburn Main 33 6 Holywell 6 Liddell's Mai 0 Pontop Windsor 2' 0 l'ownley 20 0 Wylam IS 9 Walls End lie% irke.77 0 W. K Burraton 92 6 Ships at Market, s. d. W. E. Green' s 28 6 W, E. Hotspur 31 6 W. E. Newmarch 33 6 1 W. E. Peareth 30 6, W. E. Hidden's 33 9 W. E. Russell's 34 6 'Penfield Trader 33 0 Walker's W. P. small ,150 lAutibton small 17 d Cowptn V 9 6 4034-Shii4 told, BIRTH. • 0 6 On the 6th ult., at Floren ce , the holy of C41""1 , Bl u r*, R.N., of A son and heir. MARRIED. On the 4th inst., at Thetield, by the Hop. and Wv, ter Peachey,of the Rthelv.Rl.:ll..eßa.thNes,ich:PlTh' A.M.,er Rtoeeltsabeorbilatierlit":."l On Saturday int, Wm. TanDinEerD:wilts, and is report 4. aged 9 6. He was form al ly a partner in the firm of Kink t i i ";„ ;mg, and Tanner, banke at Marlhorougb , have left upwards of 200, 000!. between liiB two " 19 ' R. S. Yesterday, at the British Museum, Taylor Combe, Esq. E. - ' and F.A.S. seed ,sg. 1 C ei ' Eaq. of West Kennet, ~,,,, line, of the Strand, Mrs. Honour Fletcher, aged H .... 2 . 12 . - z een . On the 4th lust ., at the residence of her son-in-law, 3r. Printed aid published by l YOUNG, at the So( Oi rjr' No. 115, Strand.